A well-used creel might better not be picked as a picnic hamper.
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Creel
//kɹiːl//
Synonyms for "creel" (3 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γυργαθός noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Bulgarian
1 entries- винтер noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Czech
1 entries- vrš noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Dutch
1 entries- leefnet noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Finnish
1 entries- kalakori noun (osier basket to hold fish)
French
1 entries- nasse noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Galician
1 entries- nasa noun (osier basket to hold fish)
German
2 entries- Fischkorb noun (osier basket to hold fish)
- Gatter noun (bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins)
Italian
2 entries- cantra noun (bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins)
- nassa noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Latin
1 entries- nassa noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Middle English
1 entries- crele noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Māori
1 entries- tauremu noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بالق سپتی noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cliabh noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Thai
1 entries- ข้อง noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Vietnamese
1 entries- oi noun (osier basket to hold fish)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Return with a creel of trout for supper.
Source: wiktionary
Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers
Source: wiktionary
For aught that appears in the record, plaintiff's fall was due entirely to the fact that his foot "creeled," and no one can say that his injuries were not due to the fall, but to the fact that he rolled down the embankment. […] he stepped around, and in doing so "creeled his foot in some way" and fell down the embankment, […]
Source: wiktionary
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